Civilizing nature national parks in global historical perspective.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: New York Berghahn books 2012Description: 294 pContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-85745-525-3
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction: Towards a Global History of National Parks / Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper -- part I. Parks and Empires -- Unpacking Yellowstone : The American National Park in Global Perspective / Karen Jones -- How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler Societies / Melissa Harper, Richard White -- Imperial Preservation and Landscape Reclamation : National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial Africa / Caroline Ford -- From Colonial Imposition to National Icon : Malaysia's Taman Negara National Park / Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells -- A Bavarian Serengeti : Space, race and time in the entangled history of nature conservation in East Africa and Germany / Bernhard Gissibl -- part II. Organizartions and Networks -- Translating Yellowstone : Early European National Parks, Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss Model / Patrick Kupper -- Framing the Heritage of Mankind : National Parks on the International Agenda / Anna-Katharina Wöbse -- Global Values, Local Politics : Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National Park / Brad Martin -- Demarcating Wilderness and Disciplining Wildlife : Radiotracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and Chitwan National Parks / Etienne Benson -- part III. Nations and Natures -- A Revolutionary Civilization : National Parks, Transnational Exchanges, and the Construction of Modern Mexico / Emily Wakild -- Parks without Wilderness, Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park status to Dutch Man-made Landscapes and Colonial Game Reserves / Henny van der Windt -- Globalizing Nature : National Parks, Tiger Reserves, and Biosphere Reserves in Independent India / Michael Lewis -- Slovenia's Triglav National Park : From Imperial Borderland to National Ethnoscape / Carolin Firouzeh Roeder -- Epilogue: National Parks, Civilization and Globalization / Jane Carruthers.
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book Library of Colonial History 122.871 H Available 8916706-10

Introduction: Towards a Global History of National Parks / Bernhard Gissibl, Sabine Höhler, Patrick Kupper -- part I. Parks and Empires -- Unpacking Yellowstone : The American National Park in Global Perspective / Karen Jones -- How National Were the First National Parks? Comparative Perspectives from the British Settler Societies / Melissa Harper, Richard White -- Imperial Preservation and Landscape Reclamation : National Parks and Natural Reserves in French Colonial Africa / Caroline Ford -- From Colonial Imposition to National Icon : Malaysia's Taman Negara National Park / Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells -- A Bavarian Serengeti : Space, race and time in the entangled history of nature conservation in East Africa and Germany / Bernhard Gissibl -- part II. Organizartions and Networks -- Translating Yellowstone : Early European National Parks, Weltnaturschutz and the Swiss Model / Patrick Kupper -- Framing the Heritage of Mankind : National Parks on the International Agenda / Anna-Katharina Wöbse -- Global Values, Local Politics : Inuit Internationalism and the Establishment of Northern Yukon National Park / Brad Martin -- Demarcating Wilderness and Disciplining Wildlife : Radiotracking Large Carnivores in Yellowstone and Chitwan National Parks / Etienne Benson -- part III. Nations and Natures -- A Revolutionary Civilization : National Parks, Transnational Exchanges, and the Construction of Modern Mexico / Emily Wakild -- Parks without Wilderness, Wilderness without Parks? Assigning National Park status to Dutch Man-made Landscapes and Colonial Game Reserves / Henny van der Windt -- Globalizing Nature : National Parks, Tiger Reserves, and Biosphere Reserves in Independent India / Michael Lewis -- Slovenia's Triglav National Park : From Imperial Borderland to National Ethnoscape / Carolin Firouzeh Roeder -- Epilogue: National Parks, Civilization and Globalization / Jane Carruthers.